Monday, July 21, 2008

Michigan Team

Today the team has prepared a VBS program for the kids in the village of LaDigue. They will go up to PetitBwa and over to Barbancourt to offer the same program later in the week.

In the past we have seen how sometimes it is hard to get things to translate to this culture -- but honestly, there has never been a more planned out and well-rehearsed VBS than the one that these folks from Michigan put together. We watched in awe last year as they managed to keep all the kids engaged and busy and interested in learning more.

I will try to convince Phoebe to tell me where the camera is and get some photos of the group and the kids they are here to serve today.

Who we are...

To Reach Us: Livesayfamily@gmail.com - We live, learn, love, & work in Port au Prince, Haiti. In the twelve years we've been here, one thing we've learned: God is not made manifest in our ability to "fix" or heal, but in our need to be healed. Recognizing this weakness leaves us in a position of having little to offer. It reveals our own need to be restored. We are not fixers of people or things. We are here trying to extend love and grace to others, the way it has been extended to us.

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships - so that we may live deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people - so that we may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war - so that we may reach out our hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy. And may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in the world - so that we can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. Amen. (Franciscan Benediction)

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